When Cinema Reflects the Times: Hou Hsiao-Hsien and Edward Yang (1993)

From the 1980s to the 1990s, New Taiwanese Cinema gained international attention for adopting a completely different approach to that of the commercial films which had preceded it. This piece contrasts Hou Hsiao-hsien and Edward Yang, two rivals who were the driving force behind New Taiwanese Cinema. The closing of a cinema invites us to reflect on society and the passage of history.

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Hou Hsiao-hsien

Self

Edward Yang

Self

Akira Emoto

Narrator (voice)

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